2013夏季训练
总题:创世记结晶读经(一)
总题:创世记结晶读经(一)
第十二篇 召会生活的种子与国度的小影
Message Twelve A Seed of the Church Lifeand a Shadow of the Kingdom
读经:创八1~九27,彼前三20~21,罗六3~5,约三3、5,太十六18~19,罗十四17,启十一15
Scripture Reading: Gen. 8:1—9:27; 1 Pet. 3:20-21; Rom. 6:3-5; John 3:3, 5; Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17; Rev. 11:15
壹 挪亚和他的家人,给我们看见召会生活的种子─创八1~九17:
I. With Noah and his family we have a seed of the church life—Gen. 8:1—9:17:
一 挪亚的方舟经过了死水,停在亚拉腊山上;这预表基督在复活里经过死并从死里复活─八4,彼前三20~21:
A. The ark of Noah passed through the water of death and came to rest on the mountains of Ararat; this is a type of Christ in resurrection passing through death and resurrecting out of death—8:4; 1 Pet. 3:20-21:
1 方舟既是基督的预表,方舟经过水并从水里出来就表征在复活里的基督。
1. Sincethe ark is a typeof Christ, the fact that theark passed through the water and came out of the water signifies Christ in resurrection.
2 基督,并且唯有基督,能进入死,又在复活里从死里出来,因为祂是复活,并且属于复活─约十一25,徒二24,启一18。
2. Christ, and Christ alone, could enter into death and come forth out of death in resurrection because He is resurrection and is of resurrection—John 11:25; Acts 2:24; Rev. 1:18.
3 当方舟经过洪水停在山上的时候,八个人都在方舟里─创七7:
3. Eight persons were in the ark when it passed through the flood and when it came to rest on the mountain—Gen. 7:7:
a 凡方舟所经历的,他们因着在方舟里也都经历了。
a. Whatever the ark experienced, they also experienced bybeing in the ark.
b 这说明信徒如何借着在基督里,就与基督同钉十字架,并与基督一同复活─林前一30,弗一4,罗六6,林后五14,加二20上,弗二6,西二12,三1。
b. This illustrates how the believers, by being in Christ, were crucified and resurrected with Christ—1 Cor. 1:30; Eph. 1:4; Rom. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:14; Gal. 2:20a; Eph. 2:6; Col.2:12; 3:1.
c 因着我们在基督里,祂的经历就成了我们的经历─林前一30。
c. Because we are in Christ, His experience has become ours—1 Cor. 1:30.
二 洪水以后挪亚和他家人的生活,表征在基督复活里的召会生活;这是召会生活的种子─创八4~九17:
B. The living of Noah and his family after the flood signifies the living of the church in Christ's resurrection; this is a seed of the church life—Gen. 8:4—9:17:
1 有八个人从方舟出来─八18:
1. Eight people emerged from the ark—8:18:
a 基督在七日的第一日,或安息日的次日─旧的一周算起的第八日─复活;因此,八这数字表征复活─约二十1,参创十七12。
a. Christ was resurrected on the first day of the week, or the day after the Sabbath—the eighth day of the old week; thus, the number eight signifies resurrection—John 20:1; cf. Gen. 17:12.
b 既然所有在基督里的信徒,召会的组成分子,都包括在基督的复活里,他们就都是复活的人─弗二6,彼前一3。
b. Since all the believers in Christ, the components of the church, were included in Christ's resurrection, they are the resurrected people—Eph. 2:6; 1 Pet. 1:3.
2 坛是基督十字架的预表,所献的是基督不同方面的预表─创八20~21:
2. The altar is a type of the cross of Christ, and the offerings are types of the different aspects of Christ—Gen. 8:20-21:
a 筑坛与在其上献祭,表征借着十字架将基督献给神。
a. The building of an altar and the offerings on it signify the offering of Christ to God through the cross.
b 在召会生活里,我们必须作的头一件事,乃是在十字架上被了结,然后经历基督,并将我们在各方面所经历的基督献给神,使神得着满足─弗五2,来十三15,彼前二5。
b. The first thing we need to do in the church life is to be terminated on the cross and then experience Christ and offer to God the Christ whom we have experienced in different aspects for God's satisfaction—Eph. 5:2; Heb.13:15; 1 Pet. 2:5.
3 在召会生活里,我们被带回到神原初的定旨,为着彰显神并代表神─创九1~7,一26。
3. In the church life we are brought back to God's original purpose for the expression and representation of God—Gen.9:1-7; 1:26.
三 浸入基督的信徒应当在生命的新样中生活行动,好在基督复活的生命中过召会生活,使基督的身体得着建造─罗六3~5,十二4~5。
C. As those who have been baptized into Christ, the believers should walk in newness of life in order to live the church life in the resurrection life of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ—Rom. 6:3-5; 12:4-5.
四 在约翰福音里,我们看见在复活里之召会生活的图画─二1~22,十二1-11:
D. In the Gospel of John we have a picture of the church life in resurrection—2:1-22; 12:1-11:
1 基督是复活,是生命(十一25),祂变死亡为生命,使神的家得着建造─二1~22。
1. Christ, who is resurrection and life (11:25), changes death into life for the building of the house of God—2:1-22.
2 约翰十二章一至十一节是在基督复活里之召会生活的小影─由复活生命所产生的团体生活,就是有主同在的筵宴生活,以及有服事、作见证并爱主之功用的生活。
2. John 12:1-11 is a miniature of the church life in Christ's resurrection—a corporate life produced by the resurrection life, a life of feasting in the presence of the Lord, and a life with the functions of serving, testifying, and loving.
五 神与挪亚立的约,以及作祂约之记号的虹,表征我们是约的召会,活在恩典之新约的实际里─创九8~17:
E. God's covenant with Noah and the rainbow as a token of His covenant signify that we are the church of the covenant, living in the reality of the new covenant of grace—Gen. 9:8-17:
1 我们的基督徒生活以及召会生活,乃是约的生活;召会生活既是在神的约之下的生活,实际上我们可以称为约的召会─来十三20~21。
1. Our Christian life and church life are a covenant life; because the church life is a life under God's covenant, we can actually be called the church of the covenant—Heb.13:20-21.
2 我们应当活在新约之下,不信任何的失败、软弱或任何消极的事物;我们是有约的人,我们有一节应许的经文可以应付每一处境─哀三22~23,罗八1,林后十二9,提后一10,二1,约壹一9,林前一9。
2. We should live under the new covenant and not believe in any failure, weakness, or negative thing; we are the covenanted people, and we have a verse of promise to meet every situation—Lam. 3:22-23; Rom. 8:1; 2 Cor. 12:9; 2 Tim. 1:10;2:1; 1 John 1:9; 1 Cor. 1:9.
贰 挪亚和他的家人,给我们看见国度的小影─创九1~7、18~27:
II. With Noah and his family we have a shadow of the kingdom—Gen. 9:1-7, 18-27:
一 挪亚和他一家在复活里过生活,这样在复活里的生活乃是国度的小影─八4、18,九1~7:
A. Noah and his family lived a life in resurrection, and this life in resurrection was a shadow of the kingdom—8:4, 18; 9:1-7:
1 洪水以后,挪亚作新族类的头,是在神之下的代表权柄;这是神国的小影,其实际是在召会生活里,其实现将是千年国里的国度─6节,太十六18~19,罗十四17。
1. As the head of a new race after the flood, Noah was the deputy authority under God; this was a shadow of the kingdom of God, the reality of which is in the church life and the manifestation of which will be the kingdom in the millennium—v. 6; Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17.
2 在新地上用神所赐的权柄在人中间管理,表征神的国在复活生命里掌权─创九6,来十二28。
2. The ruling with God-given authority among menon the new earth signifies the reigning of God's kingdom in resurrection life—Gen. 9:6; Heb. 12:28.
3 在神的行政里,挪亚是一个好例子;虽然他犯错失败了,他仍然刚强的代表神说行政的话─创九18~27。
3. In God's government Noah is a good example; although he made a mistake and had a failure, he nevertheless was strong to represent God in speaking governmentally—Gen.9:18-27.
二 新约是说到神国的书,整本新约都论到国度─太三2,四17,启十一15,十二10:
B. The New Testament is a book of the kingdom of God; the entireNew Testament is on the kingdom—Matt. 3:2; 4:17; Rev. 11:15;12:10:
1 神的国是神完成祂计划的神圣范围;神的国是神能施行祂的权柄以成就祂心意的范围─太六10。
1. The kingdom of God is a divine sphere for God to work out His plan; it is a realm where God can exercise His authority to accomplish what He intends—Matt. 6:10.
2 神的国就是神的管治、掌权,连同其一切的福分和享受─33节,路十二32,西一13。
2. The kingdom of God is the ruling, the reigning, of God with all its blessing and enjoyment—v. 33; Luke 12:32; Col. 1:13.
3 主耶稣是神成为肉体,来建立神的国,建立一个范围,使神能在其中借着施行祂的权柄而完成祂的定旨─约一1、14,三3、5,十八36。
3. As God incarnate, the Lord Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God, to establish a realm in which God can carry out His purpose through the exercise of His authority—John1:1, 14; 3:3, 5; 18:36.
4 新约是以国度的方式传扬福音;福音是为着国度,宣扬福音是叫背叛的罪人得救、合格且被装备,好进入国度─可一14~15,太四17,徒八12。
4. The New Testament preaches the gospel in the way of the kingdom; the gospel is for the kingdom, and the gospel is proclaimed so that rebellious sinners might be saved, qualified, and equipped to enter into the kingdom—Mark 1:14-15; Matt. 4:17; Acts 8:12.
5 神的国乃是主耶稣作为生命的种子,撒到祂的信徒里面,而发展为一个范围,使其成为神在祂神圣生命里掌权的国度─路十七20~21,可四3、26。
5. The kingdom of God is the Lord Jesus as the seed of life sown into His believers and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life—Luke 17:20-21; Mark 4:3, 26.
6 神的国乃是主耶稣之实际的照耀;在主耶稣的照耀下,就是在国度里─九1~2。
6. The kingdom of God is the shining of the reality of the LordJesus; to be under His shining is to be in the kingdom—9:1-2.
7 神的国不仅是神圣管理的范围,也是其中有一切神圣事物之神圣种类的范围─约三3、5。
7. The kingdom of God is a realm not only of the divine dominion but also of the divine species, in which are all the divine things—John 3:3, 5.
8 国度就是今天的召会生活;因此,实行召会生活就是实行国度─罗十四17,启一5~6、9。
8. The kingdom is the church life today; thus, to practice the church life is to practice the kingdom—Rom. 14:17; Rev.1:5-6, 9.
9 那些常将神的国度─关系到神旨意和神仇敌─放在面前的,乃是在神手里最有用处的工人─太六33,七21,二五21、23,西四11。
9. Those who always put God's kingdom before them—that which touches God's will and His enemy—are the most useful workers in the hands of God—Matt. 6:33; 7:21; 25:21,23; Col. 4:11.
10 召会的工作乃是带进神的国;国度产生召会,召会带进国度,终极的结果乃是新耶路撒冷─在新天新地里神在永世里的国─太十三43,六10,十二22~28,启十一15,十二10,二一1~2、10,二二1、5。
10. The work of the church is to bring in the kingdom of God; the kingdom produces the church, the church brings in the kingdom, and the ultimate issue is the New Jerusalem—the kingdom of God in eternity in the new heaven and new earth—Matt. 13:43; 6:10; 12:22-28; Rev. 11:15; 12:10; 21:1-2,10; 22:1, 5.